'Elysium' Tops Weekend Box Office, Followed by 'We're the Millers'

Matt Damon returned to top of the box office as his "Elysium" beat out Jennifer Aniston’s comedy "We're the Millers" this past weekend.

"Elysium" scored an opening weekend box office total of $30.5 million, The Associated Press reported. "We're the Millers" came in second, with a $26.6 million weekend total, and $38 million overall since opening last Tuesday.

"We love being in the Neill Blomkamp business," Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution at Sony Pictures Entertainment told The Journal.

The studio is reportedly discussing other projects with Blomkamp.

The science fiction movie is about a futuristic world in which the majority of humans live on a ruined Earth while the wealthy have moved on to an upscale space colony called Elysium with best health care and life-saving medicines.

"To hit the $30 million mark is very good considering the competitive landscape and all these new movies coming in," Bruer said. "(Blomkamp) is a great storyteller, and this film will be a big success for the studio."